Gun.



J. G. VETETO.

GUN.

APPLICATHJN mm ocr. 15. um.

1,267,293. Patented May 21,1918;

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INVENTOH James 65 Veteta WHNESSES ATTORNEY JAMES G. VETETG, OF AMI'PY,ARRA'MB';

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 211, 1918.

Application filed catc er 15, 1917. serial No; 195,677.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES'G. Vnrnro, a citizen of the United States,residing at Amity, in the county of Clark and State of Arkansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Guns, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to tire arms and more particularly to fire armsof the type wherein an electric current is employed to fire thecartridges.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a magazine gun adaptedfor firing electric cartridges; and to arrange within the gun suitableelectricity generatin and switching means whereby an electric currentmay be passedthrough the cartridges to explode the same.

Another object of the invention resides in the peculiar-combination andarrangement of parts whereby the Mn is rendered coinpact and efhcient anthe switching and other elements-thereof so disposed as to operatereliably atall times.

Other objects of the-invention as well as the construction and usethereof will be more readily understood from the following. descriptionand accompanying drawings in which drawings,

Fi re 1 is a side elevation of a magazinepisto embodying my invention.and

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 partly broken away to show the insidemechanism.

In the drawings, I have shown a magazine pistol embodyin' my improved.featares of construction an which comprises a hollow stock 'or handle1, a barrel '2 and a frame 3. As more clearly shown in Fig, 1 the. stockor handle is made hollow and hasarranged therein a pair of spacedverticalwalls 4 which define a space or ma azine chamber 5 to receivesuitable elect c cartridges 6. This magazine 5 is provided with acartridge carrier i beneath which is arranged a compression spring. 8and this plate or'cartri dge carrier serves to support theqcartridges inthe usual manner and to feed the 'same'toward the upper 911d"0t themagazine chamber. To give access to the magazine chamber a suitableopening is forms on one side of the stock 1 andis nopmally closed bymeans of a suitable swingingdoor 9.

Formed in the trams 3 and a range neath the barrel '2 is a chamber'iow'hiahmay be of any suitable configuration and is adapted to house asuitable electric battery or cell 11. The forward end of this'chamher isclosed by the hinged door 12 which is provided with a spring clasp 13adapted to be an aged over a suitable projection 14: formed on the lowerwall of the chamber. The rear end of this battery chamber is separatedfrom the hollow stock 1 by means of a partition wall 15, and arranged toslide through the central opening 16 of this partition isthe longer armof an L-shaped contact 17 The shorter armof this contact is arrangedwithin the rear end of the battery chamber as shown and has its free andenlar ed as at 18 and positioned in alineinent with one pole 19 of thebattery, with which pole it is adapted at times to be engaged. On thelonger arm of the contact is arranged a binding post 20 to which isconnected one end of a suitable electric conductor 21, the opposite endof this conductor being con nected to a stationary contact 22 positionedon the inner end of the barrel adjacent the bore thereof. A lug 23depends from the longer armof the contact, adjacent the free end thereofand has fastened thereto one end of a coiled spring 24 the opposite endof which spring is secured to one of the vertical walls 4 of themagazine chamber. This spring ulls the contact rearwardly and thus normdy holds the same awayfrom the battery an out of engagement with thepole 19 thereof.

Engaging the rear edge of the lug 23 is the upper .end 25 of a trigger26 which. is pivotai y secured in the framein the usual manner. In orderto enable the circuit to be completed when that-shaped contact 17 is inen agernent with the pole 19 of the batteryt eopposite pole 27:01? thisbattery is electrically connected with the partition wall 1'5 as bymeans of aconductor 28, thus providing areturn for the current.

In the operation of the gun, one of the cartridges 6 is arranged in therear end of the barrel in the usual manner and it will be noted that thecap or primer offlthe cartridgesis in engagement with the contact 22.When the trigg ms pnliedfback thempper end thereof being inengagementwith the 111 23 will ,force the movable contact 17 forward againstthetension of "the spring 24, thus bringing the shorter arm of this contacin engaggm nt ith th pale 19 Qfth lfltter y, there y completing thecircuit. "e current asses from the pole 19 through the contact 1 andwire 21 to the contact 22 from whence it passes through the primer orcap of the cartridges exploding the same in the usual manner. Thecurrent returns to the opposite pole of the battery through the metal ofthe gun and the wire 28.

No special construction of electric cartridge has been shown inconnection with this invention as the invention resides in theconstruction of the gun alone and any suitable cartrid es of this typemay be used in connection t erewith.

Furthermore it is to be understood that the form shown and describedconstitutes only a preferred embodiment of the invention and therefore Ido not limit myself to the exact details of construction and arrangementshown, but may resort to such changes as may be desired providing ofcourse that the same come within the scope of the claims and do notdepart from the spirit of the invention.

I claim 1. In an electric fire arm, the combination with the stock,barrel and trigger of a gun, of an electric battery having one polethere of electrically connected with the metal of the gun, a slidingcontact movable into and out of engagement with the opposite pole of thebattery and adaptedto be operated by the trigger, a stationary contactsecured to the barrel, and an electrical connection between saidstationary and sliding contacts.

2. An electric fire arm, including in combination with the stock, barreland trigger of a gun, a chamber arranged beneath the barrel, a batteryin said chamber, a sliding contact movable into and out of engagementwith one pole of said battery and adapted to be operated by saidtrigger, a stationary contact secured to said barrel and an electricalconnection between said stationary and slidin contacts.

3. electric fire arm, comprising in combination with the stock, barreland trigger of a gun, a chamber arranged beneath said barre a batterypositioned in said chamber and having one pole electrically connectedtherewith, a sliding contact movable into and out of engagement with theopposite pole of the battery and adapted to be operated by said trigger,a sprin normally holding said contact away from t, ebattery, astationary contact connected to the barrel and an electrical connectionbetween said stationary and sliding contacts.

4. In an electric fire arm, the combination with the stock, barrel andtrigger of a 11 of a chamber arranged beneath the barre a batterypositioned in said chamber and having one of its poles electricallyconnected therewith, an L-shaped sliding contact adapted to be operatedby the trigger and having the shorter arm thereof movable into and outof engagement with the opposite pole of the battery, a stationarycontact secured to the barrel and an electrical connection between saidstationary and sliding contacts, and means to normally hold the slidingcontact awa from the battery.

5. In an electric re arm the combination with the stock, barrel and triger of a gun, of a chamber arranged beneat the barrel, a batterypositioned in said chamber and having one of its poles electricallyconnected therewith, an L-shaped contact mounted for slidilw movementand having the shorter arm thereof adapted to be engaged and disengagedwith the opposite pole of the battery, a lug depending from the longerarm of the contact and adapted to be engaged by the trigger, meansconnected with said lug to normally hold the contact away from thebattery, a stationary contact secured to the barrel, and an electricalconnection between the stationary and sliding contacts.

6. In an electric fire arm, the combination with the hollow stock,barrel and trigger of a gun, of a air of vertical spaced walls arrangedwithm the stock and forming a magazine for the reception of thecartridges, a chamber arranged beneath the barrel, a battery positionedin said chamber and having one of its poles electrically connectedtherewith, a partition wall separating the chamber from the stock, amovable contact adapted to be operated by the trigger and arranged toslide through said partition for engagement with the opposite pole ofthe battery, a stationary contact secured to the inner end of thebarrel, and an electrical connection between said stationary and movablecontacts.

7 A pistol includin the combination with a stock, a barrel, and apivotally mounted trig er, of an insulated contact mounted in the arrel,a battery having one of its poles electrically connected with the saidbarrel, a sliding contact electrically connected with said stationarycontact and engaging said trigger, said sliding contact adapted to bemoved into and out of engagement with the other pole of the battery bythe actuation of said trigger.

In tBStImOIIIYWhQI'GOf I afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES G. VETETO.

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